Shaving-brush case



A. ELLIS.

SHAVING BRUSH CASE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20, IBIB.

'1 47,263 Patented July 20, 1920.

sa fi hlifld UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMOS ELLIS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHAVING-BRUSI-I CASE.

Application filed November 20, 1918. Serial No. 263,280.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, AMos ELLIS, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements Relating to Shaving-Brush Cases, of which the followin is a specification.

Iily invention relates to means for incasing shaving brushes to protect their bristles, permit them to dry out, and protect adjacent objects as in a packed traveling bag, and my primary object is to provide a simple, compact, inexpensive, convenient, attractive and efficient construction that can be died out from tubular stock without waste, that will permit the brush to be inserted therein and withdrawn therefrom with facility without breaking or spreading the bristles, that will facilitate evaporation and drying out the brush, and that will stand or he where placed.

The characteristic features of my improvements will appear from the following description and the accompanying drawings of a form of the same.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of an octagonal tube section divided symmetrically on a crenelated line and perforated as in the manufacture of my improved case, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the case as produced from the tube shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the case shown in Fig. 2 in combination with a form of brush designed to be held therein, Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of the case in combination with a second form of brush designed to be held therein, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. A.

As illustrated in Fig. 1, a tube section AA of'polygonal form is separated midway of its ends, on the zig-zig or crenelated line a", to provide the fingers a, and is perforated to provide the ventilating holes a the fingers thus formed being divided on the parallel lines a between the flat surfaces a*. Each half of this tube section forms a case A, the fingers a of which are bent inwardly, (as shown in Figs. 2'to 5 inclusive) for incasing the bristles and gripping the handle of a brush B as shown in Fig. 3 or B as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the case being adapted to be formed from commercial tubes of cylindrical form by a single dieing operation, without waste of material other than that punched out to form the ventilating holes.

As illustrated in Fig. 3, the handle 6' of the brush B has a top 5 with a groove Z)" adjacent thereto (which are engaged by the resilient fingers a) and the bristles 5 which lie within the octagonal body of the case and are surrounded by, the ventilating holes a in the continuous fiat sections a forming such body. The case and brush are of such character that the latter can be inserted through the bottom of the former and the handle grasped between the fingers of the case to draw such brush into its engaged position without injury to the bristles. The brush is withdrawn in the same direction from its engaged position in the case by grasping the exposed handle and pulling such brush forward, the resilient fingers spreading to permit such withdrawal.

As illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5, the brush B has an extended handle b containing midway of its length the groove 5 in which the fingers a engage when the bristles b are incased, the brush being inserted and withdrawn as previously described.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A shaving brush case comprising a continuous body of uniform cross sectional contour and resilient fingers formed integrally with said body, said fingers forming an end of said case and having open spaces between them.

2'. A shaving brush case comprising a polygonal body and resilient fingers formed integrally with said body, the edges of said fingers lying in planes passing through the intersections of the sides of said body.

3. A shaving brush case comprising a perforated body of continuous contour and inwardly inclined resilient fingers formed integrally with said body and forming an end of said case, in combination with a brush having a handle provided, with a groove adapted to be engaged by said fingers.

4. A shaving brush case construction comprising a tube section divided transversely, between its ends, by a zig-zag line and having the fingers formed by said line bent inwardly.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name this 18th day of November, 1918.

AMOS ELLIS. 

